LAWRENCE WELK : TO AMERICA WITH LOVE

LAWRENCE WELK

HIS SINGERS AND ORCHESTRA PRESENT A MUSICAL SALUTE

TO AMERICA WITH LOVE

RANWOOD
RECORDS, INC.


FROM
Lawrence Welk

TO AMERICA, WITH LOVE

THE LAWRENCE WELK SINGERS & ORCHESTRA

The heritage of freedom-that is ours today-was won on the battlefields of yesterday by men who pledged their private fortunes, their sacred honor and their lives that future generations might live unfettered by the bonds of the past...might walk, head erect, in a new world...with new ideas...new remedies for ancient ills...and in a climate free from fear...

It is a long time now since the snows of Valley Forge melted away and the buds of victory blossomed in Saratoga...It is a long time since men, brightly appareled in the vestments of human dignity, first lifted their eyes to the sunlit summits of the Republic - so grandly conceived by those architects of the future...

"We hold these truths to be self-evident," wrote Thomas Jefferson, "that all men are created equal..."Words to go ringing down the corridors of Time...Words to stir the conscience of Mankind...

"Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness"...No other charter, or treaty, or covenant devised by Man had ever been before included that last word. It was like a fresh breeze blowing from Philadelphia that hot July day in 1776, brushing away the cobwebs of intolerance and servitude. But, somewhere along the way, that "fresh breeze" became an ill wind. For a document, however noble, is only a scrap of paper if the people, for whom it was written, abandon the principles; turn away from obligations of good citizenship; flout the law and, ultimately, reject reason and embrace hate.

It is for us, therefore, as Americans - old or young, black or white, Republican or Democrat - to rediscover thee time-tested values that made this country great, to rededicate ourselves to perpetuating this heritage of Freedom, to making the dream work...

We must never abandon our faith in America!

Meanwhile, pointing the way, the symbol of this priceless heritage stands in a harbor, her "Lamp of Hope" extended to all people. We salute the "Torch of Freedom" and proudly life our voices:

"TO AMERICA, WITH LOVE."


SIDE 1

TO AMERICA, WITH LOVE 2:50
Paul Francis Webster - George Cates
Harry Von Tilzer (ASCAP)

THIS IS A GREAT COUNTRY 1:55
Irving Berlin
Berlin Music Co. (ASCA)

FLAME OF FREEDOM 2:29
Les Kaufman - J. Rizzo
Southern Music Publishing Co. (ASCAP)

YOU'RE A LUCKY FELLOW MR. SMITH 2:47
D. Raye-S. Burke-H. Print
Leeds Music (ASCAP)

THIS IS MY COUNTRY 2:07
D. Raye - A. Jacobs
Shawnee Pres, iNc. (ASCAP)


SIDE 2

LET's MAKE AMERICA WHAT IT USED TO BE 2:20
Paul Francis Webster - Richard Maltby
Harry Von Tilzer (ASCAP)

AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL 2:48
Arr. Richard Maltby
Harry Von-Tilzer (ASCAP)

THANK YOU AMERICA 2:31
W. Jurmann - G. Grossman
Remick Music Corp. (ASCAP)

PRAYER FOR PEACE 2:23
N. Gimbel - N. Acquaviva
Roncom Music Co. (ASCAP)

YOUR LAND AND MY LAND 2:20
S. Romberg - D. Donnelly
Shubert Music Co. (ASCAP)


Manufactured for
Teleklew PRoductions, Inc.

THIS IS A SPECIAL PROMOTIONAL
ALBUM MANUFACTURED ESPECIALLY
FOR THE BLOCK DRUG CO.

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Inc., 9034 Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, California 90069


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